--- title: Does teaching teenage girls about PMS through peer education increase their knowledge? description: Yes, peer group education increased girls' knowledge about PMS management. This approach let girls discuss and share information openly with their peers. url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/pengaruh-peer-grup-education-terhadap-tingkat-pengetahuan-tentang-penanganan-2017/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Does teaching teenage girls about PMS through peer education increase their knowledge? Lab study, 2017 # Does teaching teenage girls about PMS through peer education increase their knowledge? Yes, peer group education increased girls' knowledge about PMS management. This approach let girls discuss and share information openly with their peers. Moderate study design 66 seventh-grade girls from a school in Mojokerto. ## What they did Researchers recruited 66 seventh-grade girls from a school and taught them about PMS management using peer group education, where girls teach each other. They measured knowledge before and after the education using questionnaires. ## What they found Peer group education increased girls' knowledge about PMS management. The girls were able to discuss and share information about managing PMS openly with their peers. ## What it means for you Peer group education can be an effective way to teach teenage girls about PMS. This method works because girls can discuss the topic openly with friends rather than with adults. The main limits are the study was done in one school and only measured knowledge increase, not whether girls actually managed their PMS better afterward. 66 Number of girls who received the education 81 Total girls in the school grade sampled from ## About the study Original title PENGARUH PEER GRUP EDUCATION TERHADAP TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN TENTANG PENANGANAN PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME PADA REMAJA PUTRI KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 2 MOJOANYAR MOJOKERTO Authors Etik Khusniyati, Heni Purwati, Purwati Purwati Journal Jurnal Keperawatan Year 2017 Study design Lab study Participants 81 What was tested Peer group education about PMS management. Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.47560/kep.v6i2.134](https://doi.org/10.47560/kep.v6i2.134) Original abstract An adolescent’s knowledge about premenstrual syndrome handling is still in the minor level since parents have no intention to talk openly and it tends to be a taboo. A peer group education method can be used to give information on adolescent girl about premenstrual syndrome handling in which it can be taught more openly. This study aims at investigating the influence of peer group education toward level of premenstrual syndrome handling’s knowledge of adolescent girl. This study used pre-experimental design with One-Group Pre-Post Test Design. The number of population were 81 adolescent girls from VII grade in which taken by using probability sampling (cluster sampling). The number of sample it self were 66 respondents. The independent variable was peer group education and the dependent variable was level of adolescent premenstrual syndrome handling’s knowledge. The data were collected by using questioner which was used before and after peer group education. The data were processed after gaining the whole data collection and the statisticalWilcoxon sign test were used afterward. The findings revealed that the value of asymp.sig (2 tailed) was 0,000 and α was 0, 05. The value of asymp.sig (2-tailed) <α 0,05, it means that H1 was accepted in which there were influence of peer group education toward level of adolescent premenstrual syndrome handling’s knowledge in VII grade of state SMP 2 Mojoanyar Mojokerto. A peer group education method stimulated both peer educator and peer group to discuss and share information each other about the problems of premenstrual syndrome handling openly in order to increase their knowledge. Reproduced under CC-BY-SA. ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Stigma, attitudes and culture](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-stigma-culture/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. 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